Aliona Zaleskaya

Head of Startup Committee

Prickly Pear Production

Director WeTel World UAE, WeTel TV UAE

Co-Founder Prickly Pear Production

Board Member - Eurasia Gulf business platform 2024

Aliona Zaleskaya is a media professional who has Co-Founded all women’s media group, Prickly Pear Production; As Director at WeTel World, hosts television and media programs ranging from WeTel TV’s weekly talk show “Flair For Flaws” and Blockchain Coffee Talks, the UAE’s first and only show dedicated to this area of expertise. She is known for her interviews on Yalla TV and Sustainable Times Magazine; glamorous modeling work on the catwalk and being the subject of multiple fashion photography work. 

In 2022 she was featured as CIO Times’ Most Significant Business Leaders Everyone Should Know in 2022. 

Aliona is a sought after Master of Ceremonies and a frequent MC of business events both locally and internationally; a number of African Emirati Conferences; TechKogo Conferences, Deal Makers, UAE - Singapore International Business Matching Summit, BIGO LIVE, as well as a host of others. She is the winner of her native Belarus’ first ever reality television program; and in 2022 was awarded the UAE Media Influencer Award.

She is frequent panel Speaker and Moderator at C Level events, to name few - MALT Congress, De Montfort University Dubai, Derivia Middle East.

With a career spanning both sides of the lens, she possesses a rare understanding of the intricacies of media production. From scripting to shooting, directing to editing, she has honed her craft with precision and passion, earning accolades and admiration along the way.